Aleut American World War II Removal Memorial

Aleut American World War II Removal Memorial. . , In the turbulence of World War II, as Japan invaded the Aleutian Islands, Aleut Americans were removed from their homes by the United States government and sent to isolated internment camps in Southeast Alaska. Between June 1942 and August 1945, Aleuts were confined to camps where abysmal conditions and government neglect lead to disease and death. Ten percent of the men, women and children died. As Aleuts prayed for deliverance, their homes and churches were looted by Allied friendly forces sent to defend the Aleutian and Pribilof islands. Suspected of nothing, accused of nothing, the Aleuts loyalty to the U.S. was never in question. Decades later, a special commission determined federal officials had, as a matter of simple convenience, limited Aleuts freedoms. "The many who died in the camps were a huge loss," the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians concluded. "America, proud of its cultural diversity, thereby lost a distinctive part of itself.", We will speak your name and tell stories about you. We will remember you. An'gitalix., BURNETT INLET , Unalaska , Olson, John . Newell, Martha . Lekanoff, Steve , Shapsnikoff, Sergie . Stepetin, William . Zakaroff, Mary, FUNTER BAY , St. George , Galanin, Alexander, Sr. . Kashevarof, Lydia . Lekanof, Erena , Lekanof, Pelagia . Lekanof, Polagin . Lekanof, Serge, Jr. , Lestenkof, Anna . Lestenkof, Constantine . Lokanin, Alexander , Nederazof, Alexandra . Nozekof . Nozekof, Mary , Nozekof, Paul, Jr. . Prokopiof, Afanasia, Jr. . Prokopiof, Agnes , Prokopiof, Anna . Prokopiof, Lucy . Prokopiof, Stefanadia , Stepetin, Anna . Swetzof . Swetzof, Olga . Swetzof, Julia, FUNTER BAY , St. Paul , Bear, Kenneth . Bear, Susan, Della . Bourdukofsky, Peter , Emanoff, Pauline . Emanoff, George . Emanoff . Ermanoff , Hapoff, Nekita . Hapoff, Sergius . Kochutin, Susan Della , Kochutin, infant . Kochutin, John . Krukoff, Dorothy , Malavansky, Alice . Mandregan, Helena . Mandregan, Logan , Merculieff, Alexander . Merculieff, Abraham . Nederazof, Alexander , Oustigoff, Anastasia . Pankoff, Vlass . Sedick, Lavrenty , Shabolin, Serge . Shabolin, Vlass . Stepetin, Dorafey , Swetzoff, Julia . Tetoff Dana, WARD COVE , Nikolski , Bezezekoff, Fedora . Bezezekoff, Timothy . Bezezekoff, Katherine , Chercasen, Susie Zoya . Chercasen, Dosofey . Emerson (Ermeloff), Sara , Krukoff, Constantine R. . Krukoff, John . Krukoff, Ladimar , Krukoff, Oliana . Pletnikoff, Eoff . Sovoroff, Barbara , Sovoroff, Leonty, Jr. . Sovoroff, Irene . Sovoroff, infant , Talanoff, Simeon . Talanoff, Helen . Talanoff, Matrona . Talanoff, Sara, WARD COVE , ★Akutan , Petikoff . Prokopief, Demetrie, WARD COVE , ★Kashega , Borenin, Sergie . Denesoff, Nikefer . Kudrin , Yachmenoff . Yachmenoff, infant, WARD COVE , ★Makushin , Borenin . Borenin, KILLISNOO , Atka , Dirks, Margy . Gardner, Steve . Golley, Constantine , Kovoroff, Peter . Kovoroff, Raymond . Marchene, Mike , Mercheenen, Anna . Nevzoroff, Larry . Nevzoroff, Valentine , Zaochney, Paul . Zoachny, Moses, ★There is no record of death for the individuals listed , for Akutan, Kashega, and Makushin. Their deaths are , remembered by other evacuees.